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Irati Garmendia

Senior researcher

Irati Garmendia has developed her scientific career in cancer signaling and immunotherapy. She graduated in Biology and Biochemistry (University of Navarra, 2013) and obtained a Master’s in Biomedical Research. She performed her PhD Thesis under the supervision of Dr. Luis Montuenga and Dr. Jackeline Agorreta in the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA-Universidad de Navarra), funded by a Predoctoral Fellowship from the Basque Government. Her PhD focused on the study of the biological role of SRC family kinases in non-small cell lung cancer. During her thesis, she performed an international stay in the Vancouver Prostate Centre (Canada), thanks to a traveling fellowship from The Company of Biologists. Dr. Garmendia joined the group of Dr. Isabelle Cremer at the Centre the Recherche des Cordeliers (Paris) in 2019, with the aim of evaluating the pro-tumoral effect of respiratory viruses on the progression of lung cancer (funded by a post-doctoral fellowship from SIRIC-CARPEM). She joined the Breast Cancer group from Biogipuzkoa HRI in March 2023, where she is an Ikerbasque and Ramón y Cajal Researcher. Her work has been published in leading journals and presented at national and international conferences. Moreover, she also participates in divulgation activities, including round tables or talks to associations of patients and students.